The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation.
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Deprivation
Synonyms for "deprivation" (194 found)
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Closest matches (39)
Strong matches (58)
deplumingdeportationdeposaldepositiondeprivementdespoilmentdestitutiondestructiondethronementdetrimentdisadvantagedisagreementdisallowancedisassemblydisbarmentdisbarringdisburdeningdisburdenmentdisclaimerdisclamation
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discrownmentdisenthronementdisentitlementdisfellowshipdismantlementdismembermentdismissaldisobediencedisplacementdisplumingdissentdivestmentdroughtemptinessempty purseexclusionexcommunicationexileexpatriationexpenseexpulsionextraditionfaminefiringforced resignationforfeitforfeiturefugitationgrinding povertygripehand-to-mouth existencehardshipholding backhomelessnessimpeachmentimperfectionimpoverishmentincompleteness
Related words (97)
indigenceinjurykicking upstairslackliquidationloserlosinglosing streakmendicancymoneylessnessnaynecessitousnessnecessityneedneedinessnegationnegativenegative answernegativenessnegativity
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nevernessnihilitynixnononacceptancenonbeingnoncompliancenonconsentnonentitynonexistencenonobservancenonoccurrencenonpresencenonrealitynonsubsistencenot-beingnothingnessnowherenessnullityomissionostracismostracizationoustingoutlawingoutlawryoverthrowoverthrowalpauperismpauperizationpensioning offpenuryperditionpinchpurgerecantationrefusalrejectionrelegationrelievingremovalrepudiationretentionretirementrobberyruinrusticationsacrificeshortageshortcomingshortfallspoliationstarvationstrippingsubtractionsuperannuationsuspensiontaking awaythumbs downthumbs-downtotal losstransportationturndownunactualityunchurchingundoingunfrockingunrealityunseatingunwillingnessvacancyvacuityvacuumvoidwantwantagewithholding
Noun(1 words)
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5 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesderived
6 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
13 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 15 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- στέρησις noun (state of being deprived)
Belarusian
1 entries- пазбаўленне noun (act of depriving)
Bulgarian
2 entries- лишаване noun (state of being deprived)
- отнемане noun (state of being deprived)
Danish
1 entries- afsavn noun (act of depriving)
Dutch
4 entries- afneming noun (act of depriving)
- beroving noun (act of depriving)
- gemis noun (state of being deprived)
- ontberingen noun (state of being deprived)
Finnish
4 entries- menetys noun (state of being deprived)
- puute noun (state of being deprived)
- puutteenalaisuus noun (state of being deprived)
- riistäminen noun (act of depriving)
French
1 entries- privation noun (state of being deprived)
German
4 entries- Aberkennen noun (act of depriving)
- Aberkennung noun (act of depriving)
- Entbehrung noun (state of being deprived)
- Entziehen noun (act of depriving)
Indonesian
2 entries- deprivasi noun (act of depriving)
- deprivasi noun (state of being deprived)
Italian
1 entries- privazione noun (state of being deprived)
Polish
2 entries- pozbawienie noun (act of depriving)
- pozbawienie noun (state of being deprived)
Portuguese
1 entries- privação noun (act of depriving)
Russian
2 entries- лише́ние noun (act of depriving)
- лише́ние noun (state of being deprived)
Spanish
1 entries- privación noun (act of depriving)
Ukrainian
1 entries- позбавлення noun (act of depriving)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Sleep deprivation increases risk of heart attacks.
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Material wealth often goes hand in hand with social deprivation.
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If one is suffering from sleep deprivation, one's attention can slip.
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